DEFENSE SPECIAL WEAPONS AGENCY (DSWA) BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
[Commerce Business Daily: Posted February 25, 1997]
From the Commerce Business Daily Online via GPO Access [cbdnet.access.gpo.gov]
PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS
SUBPART: SERVICES
CLASSCOD: A--Research and Development
OFFADD: Defense Special Weapons Agency, 6801 Telegraph Rd., Alexandria,
VA 22310-3398
SUBJECT: A--DEFENSE SPECIAL WEAPONS AGENCY (DSWA) BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
SOL N/A
POC Thomas Cox, Negotiator, (703) 325-1196, Scott G. Morton,
Contracting Officer, (703) 325-1200.
DESC: Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA) Broad Agency Announcement
PART I OF II - The Defense Special Weapons
Agency (DSWA) is soliciting proposals for its 1997 Broad Agency
Announcement (BAA), DSWA001-BAA01-97. (Note that DSWA will
issue only one BAA this fiscal year.) Proposed research must
investigate innovative approaches and techniques that lead
to advances in the state of the art. PROPOSALS: Two forms of
proposal will be accepted: (1) Quick-Looks and (2) Formal Proposals.
Quick-Looks are limited to 5 pages and are intended to minimize
unnecessary effort in proposal preparation on the part of an
offeror whose proposed work is not of interest under the BAA.
... ... ...
SUBMITTING QUICK-LOOKS: Quick-Looks must
be submitted in 3 copies and received by 1200 hours at DSWA
on 31 March 1997. Classified submissions will NOT be accepted.
Quick-Looks are limited to an absolute maximum of 5 pages of
technical discussion. An additional one page is permitted for
use as the cover page (or may be omitted if transmittal letter
is used) but must contain only information requested in Section
A below (no technical discussion). Attachments are NOT permitted.
Quick-Looks must contain the following elements IN THE ORDER
GIVEN: A) cover page including the following: BAA number, topic
area (by letter), Subtopic area , proposal title, and technical
and administrative points of contact along with complete address,
telephone and facsimile numbers (if available), B) description
of the technical approach and objectives to be achieved, C)
description of the unique and innovative characteristics of
the approach proposed including comparison with on-going research,
if any, D) qualifications of key personnel to be committed
to the project, E) rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate
of the total costs.
... ... ...
EVALUATION CRITERIA:
Evaluations are conducted by DSWA technical personnel expert
in each topic area under which each proposal is submitted.
Each Quick-Look will be reviewed to determine if it 1) appears
to be unique and innovative, 2) falls within the scope of the
BAA, 3) is of sufficient interest to DSWA to warrant a Formal
Proposal, and 4) has a realistic chance of being funded given
budget constraints. Formal Proposals will be selected for award
by a formal technical/business decision process and each will
be evaluated on its own merit without regard to other proposals
submitted under this announcement. Evaluation of proposals
will be conducted in accordance with the following criteria,
listed in descending order of importance: 1) degree of innovation
and creativity, 2) applicability to current and future problems
in the proposed technical area, 3) qualifications of the principal
investigator and key staff personnel, 4) understanding of the
problem, and 5) organization and clarity of the proposal. The
merit of the technical proposal will also be evaluated in relation
to the value and realism of the costs proposed and availability
of funds. CONTRACT AWARDS: DSWA anticipates making the first
contract award in the Second quarter 1997, though no minimum
or maximum number of awards can be guaranteed. Contracts to
be awarded will generally be cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) completion
type contracts. Contracts less than $100,000 may be awarded
firm-fixed-price (FFP) based on the degree of technical risk.
DSWA anticipates the average proposal to be priced $100,000
to $300,000 and to be performed in 6 to 18 months.
PART II OF II. AREA A - Warfighter Support
- Information Warfare Superiority and Counterforce - The Defense
Special Weapons Agency requests analytical and technical support
on offensive application of strategic and operational information
warfare in the weapons of mass destruction arena. This program
will focus on developing, applying, and maintaining information
superiority during hostilities and denying an adversary from
doing the same.
... .... ...
Information on DSWA solicitations,
already released, can be obtained by calling the DSWA Hotline
at (703) 325-1173. As of 31 May 96, Acquisition Management
has added "Procurement Opportunities" to the DSWA Home Page
available on the World Wide Web. Information will include this
synopsis and more. Please check us out at www.dswa.mil. Reference
Synopsis No. 97-45
CITE: (I-056 SN035640)
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